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April 26, 2022May 2, 2022

What works? Strategies to attract the board members we need

What works? Strategies to attract the board members we need
by Erika Flores and Whitley Richards

We began this series by asking the question, “Who is not in your boardroom?”  Recently, we posed the follow-up question, “What are the biggest challenges you face in building a board that reflects the diversity of the communities you service?” In a survey of our nonprofit partners, the following four reasons rose to the top, accounting for the majority of responses: Lack of access to […]

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March 11, 2022March 18, 2022

The costs of a diversity quota

The costs of a diversity quota
Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores has sued the NFL, charging that the Rooney Rule wasn't taken seriously under Commissioner Roger Goodell. Andy Lyons/Getty Images; Michael Reaves/Getty Images; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/Insider
by Erika Flores and Whitley Richards

Most boards actively seek people of color in their board recruitment and development efforts. But in their pursuit of racial diversity, some boards take an “any person of color will do” approach to grow their board. It is not enough to know that people hold nuanced identities.

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February 24, 2022February 25, 2022

The case for Black board leadership

The case for Black board leadership
by Whitley Richards

Black people serve on boards. Black people should be considered for nonprofit boards. Black people’s contributions on nonprofit boards should be valued in the same way that contributions from other board members are. Here are three reasons it is important for Black leaders to be in nonprofit boardrooms.

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February 2, 2022March 29, 2022

What does it mean to have a board that reflects the community we serve?

What does it mean to have a board that reflects the community we serve?
by Erika Flores and Whitley Richards

Most organizations have a sense of their unique and pressing needs. But over the past two years, the single most common response among the nonprofits we speak to is: “We want to have a board that better reflects the community we serve.” When pressed for more clarity, this typically boils down to wanting more racial and ethnic diversity on the board.

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July 6, 2017

The State of the Nonprofit Sector in 2017

by Erin Pierson

By Erin M. Connell, Consultant at Cause Strategy Partners, LLC Those who work in the nonprofit sector know there have been major shifts recently within the field. Economic hurdles, dramatic political shifts, and innovative technologies have all changed the face of the nonprofit world. At Cause Strategy Partners, we serve as witness and counsel to many organizations facing these challenges; through consulting […]

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June 22, 2017

The Future of Arts Nonprofits in a New Political Landscape

by Meryl Friedman

By Meryl Friedman, Graduate Fellow at Cause Strategy Partners, LLC As part of a collaboration with New York Community Trust (NYCT), our team at Cause Strategy Partners launched our first issue-focused BoardLead program in NYC last Fall called BoardLead Arts NYC. We set out to strengthen nonprofit arts organizations by training and placing diverse, talented, and driven professionals on their boards. […]

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  • What works? Strategies to attract the board members we need
  • The costs of a diversity quota
  • The case for Black board leadership
  • What does it mean to have a board that reflects the community we serve?
  • One Year Later: An Update on Our Race Equity Commitment

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